Volume 9 - Chapter 36 – The Dream’s End (1/2)
09-36 The Dream’s End
“Well then, I shall begin dealing with the aftermath. There’s also those two who we took prisoner.”
“Okay, then I’ll be following after Father.”
“Yes, Reiko-san. Please take care of My Lord. And then, please tell him that last night we dispelled the mentally manipulated people close to Reinhardt.”
“Understood.”
Reiko headed to Kaina Village. Then Laojin began working on his proper duties.
“Now then, for the aftermath first comes the interrogation, doesn’t it…”
Laojin then gave orders to have the prisoners held in the Falcon which was still in Cline Kingdom interrogated.
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Reinhardt was in the supply base.
It was in a place about one kilometer north of the city of Astan.
Rocky outcroppings surrounded it and by cutting the rock, making pillars out of it, and placing beams on top of the pillars watchtowers, storehouses, lodgings, and stables had been built.
“I’m bummed out.”
While muttering to himself Reinhardt was walking between the lodging houses with Matheus. This was because he had just finished breakfast.
Yesterday en route to here, Matheus had asked questions like ‘what were those two black golems’, ‘were they new Schwarz Ritters’, ‘why did they suddenly disappear’, and Reinhardt had to smooth over things by replying with ‘I do not really know’, ‘I do not know’, ‘they seemed friendly, is that not enough’, ‘I am tired and sleepy already’.
Perhaps Mattheus too had sensed that he had his own circumstances so he simply gave up there, as he hadn’t asked a thing this morning.
But on this supply base there was another person, someone he didn’t want to meet.
“Oh, if it isn’t Reinhardt. So you came here.”
Just inside his heart, Reinhardt frowned
The one who showed up was Elsa’s elder brother, Fritz.
Because it was time for his replacement to come, he was also on the way back to their home country.
Multiple subordinates with worried faces were following him.
“I hear you were attacked, right? I’ve got strong complaints to make for Celuroa later. Oh well, it’s probably not as comfortable as in an inn, but in exchange it’s safe here.”
Fritz said smilingly. Reinhardt felt a little uncomfortable.
“Hm? What’s wrong? Do I have something on my face?”
Fritz seemed puzzled and asked Reinhardt, having been fixedly stared at.
“N–no, nothing on your face but I was thinking that something about you is different, maybe.”
“Hmm, is that right? Everyone I’ve seen since morning says so, but surely I’m me?”
Seeing the awkwardly smiling Fritz, even Matheus couldn’t keep silent.
“Major, has nothing really happened?”
Fritz knit his brows just a little when asked.
“Nothing, really. If I had to say, at most I had a bad dream.”
“A bad dream?”
“Yeah. The strangest thing happened, I had a dream that I accidentally hit my head and lost consciousness.”
“…”
“It was a dream, you see? There’s no way I’d get a bump on my head or anything.”
With a slap, Fritz made a show of patting his head. Seeing that Reinhardt still couldn’t tell what was going on and,
“W–well, whatever. I’m going to my room.”
So he decided to leave the place for now.
“Alright, got it. Once my work hours are over I’ll be popping in for a visit. …Matheus, you come too. Please let me hear about yesterday in detail.”
Reinhardt returned to his room, and on the table was a familiar Magi Tool. It was a ManaCom.
“Just when did… Ah, as expected of Jin.”
With a nod, Reinhardt put it in his breast pocket.
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“How did it go?”
Through a ManaCom, Laojin asked Deneb-30 of the Quinta who had been secretly dispatched to where Reinhardt was from the sinkfloat base.
“Using the [Shock] magic, the treatment went well. No one noticed either.”
“It seemed to, yes. Just a moment ago, Reinhardt-san’s private SP Cosmos sent in a report. According to it, the [Seduce] magic Major Fritz seemed to have been under has been lifted.”
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In Egelia Kingdom’s capital Asunto.
The Minister of Finances Blaoroot was greatly perplexed. Because of the attack this time, the burden on the national treasure increased further.
And the Minister of Defense Judol and the Prime Minister Marquis Boyd North Galueri were both similarly greatly perplexed.
“At any rate, if this list is factual then it’s a huge problem.”
Spread out in front of the Minister of Defense Judol was a single sheet of parchment. Over a dozen names were listed there. Everyone held an important position in one ministry or another or were nobles related to ruling major cities.
The title of the list was ‘The puppets of the Unifilers’.
“Anyway, there’s no other choice than to check them one by one.”
“Mh-hm. Lastly, it says that ‘The [Shock] magic should be used to dispel [Seduce]’ but is it true?”
“I wonder… I’ve never heard of a spell called [Seduce]. Didn’t you say that too?”
“Yes. I, Judol, have been lacking in my studies.”